Okay. Well, all the door actuators are all powered and commanded directly from the HVAC control module (The one in the center of the dash), it's different than the Radio/HVAC controller which has the switches. The two communicate through the GMLAN low speed bus. So, on the Controller (let's call the HVAC module with the switches that), I see Blower Motor Switch, Recirculation Switch, Mode Switch, Left Air Temperature Switch (driver), Left Air Temperature Switch (passenger), and Auto Switch.
And what's strange is I only see one Inside Air Temperature sensor, usually with a system like this where the two sides can be set to different temperatures, there's a Temperature sensor for each side.
Were you able to see if the passenger side actuator was opening the door the full range or was that just the driver side that you checked? I have the diagrams pulled up here for the Auto HVAC system. There are four doors in total.
It's possible too that there may be a fault code stored in the HVAC control module if the module sees that the door is only opening so far, and not the full range. Each of these doors has a potentiometer on them, it's just like a throttle position sensor, 0-5-volt range, and as the door moves the voltage will increase or decrease telling the module exactly where the doors location is.
Which button do you push to separate the two sides for different temperatures?
I just wanted to put this up too so you can see which actuator doors do what. It looks like #7, the Mode actuator door is probably the one that divides the two sides for separate temperature settings.
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Thursday, March 17th, 2022 AT 8:47 AM